N&W Depots - Agent-Operator Responsibilities

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Frank,
Thank you for sharing this to the mailing group. This was very
interesting.  It is obvious you put considerable time into this project,
and it is very appreciated.
Mike Rector

On Wed, Mar 23, 2022 at 6:42 AM NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <
nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:

> Good evening:
>
> I made a ZOOM presentation to the SONO Tower Museum yesterday evening
> about the functions performed by a N&W station agent-operator. Many of
> those duties were similar to those on other railroads, even if N&W depot
> images were used as backgrounds for the presentation slides. The SONO Tower
> is a former NYNH&H interlocking at South Norwalk, similar to the PRR HARRIS
> Tower at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
>
> The two-hour recording is about 150 megabytes so I am sending it along
> with the notes pages and PowerPoint presentation slides as a
> www.wetransfer.com download. The download link is <
> https://we.tl/t-aHd7Vfaxai >. These can be freely shared with anyone. The
> download link is valid for five days. It will only work with a laptop or
> desktop computer, not a handheld device such as a smartphone or a tablet.
>
> Best wishes for Spring,
>
> Dr. Frank R. Scheer, Curator
> Railway Mail Service Library, Inc.
> f_scheer at yahoo.com
> (540) 837-9090 - daytime cell
> In the 1913 former N&W Railway depot along Clarke County route 723
> 117 East Main Street
> Boyce, VA 22620-9369
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